The Beach with the Large Tower
Claude Joseph Vernet
1734/52
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.1 × 29 cm (7 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 30.4 cm (8 5/8 × 12 in.); Sheet: 22.2 × 31 cm (8 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
215733
About the Artist
Claude Joseph Vernet · 1714–1789
Claude-Joseph Vernet and his direct descendants are the last representatives of the Avignon School which had provided a continuous line of artists since the 14th century. It originated at the time when Bernard de Goth, Archbishop of Bordeaux, became pope in the name of Clement V and transferred the seat of the papacy to Avignon where he established an influential artistic community. Comment on wor...